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The Civil War (Original Soundtrack)

The Civil War

Shows · The Civil War

Told through letters, diaries, and firsthand accounts from both sides of the conflict, the show weaves together the stories of soldiers, slaves, and families torn apart by the American Civil War. Union and Confederate fighters share their hopes, fears, and losses as the war grinds on, while African Americans struggle for freedom and a mother writes to her son on the battlefield. The stories converge in a tapestry of…

Opened
1999
Performances
61
Type
Musical
Era
Modern
Music: Frank WildhornLyrics: Jack Murphy, Gregory BoydBook: Frank Wildhorn, Gregory Boyd, Jack Murphy

Productions1 on Broadway

1999 St. James Theatre Original. April 22, 1999 · Jerry Zaks 61 performances

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Licensing 1 entry

US Music Theatre International The Civil War matched on title alone — a lead, not a confirmed licensor

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In the literature16 passages

Unfortunately although his first two musicals ran a long time, The Civil War received adverse reviews and lasted only 61 performances. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p284

Miss Saigon, Thou Shalt Not, Marie Christine, Jane Eyre, Parade, Jelly’s Last Jam, The Civil War. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p99

Another pop song composer who has had success on Broadway is Frank Wildhorn, who had three musicals running simultaneously on Broadway in 1999 – Jekyll and Hyde (1997), The Scarlet Pimpernel (1997) and The Civil War (1999). book:cambridge-companion-to-the-musical-cambridge-companions-to-music-the-the-cambrid#p379

Alley Theatre artistic director, Gregory Boyd, and Wildhorn wrote The Civil War, which also began as a concept recording, followed by a première at the Alley Theatre. book:a-history-of-the-american-musical-theatre-no-business-like-nathaniel-hurwitz-tay#p272

In addition to those shows Broadway also saw Frank Wildhorn’s Civil War, Footloose (based on the 1984 movie), and the revue It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues. book:a-history-of-the-american-musical-theatre-no-business-like-nathaniel-hurwitz-tay#p279

And of the new musicals up for Tonys, a song performed from Frank Wildhorn’s third tuner to make it to Broadway, Civil War, strained like a cheesy warm-up number for a Jimmy Swaggart revival. book:broadway-musicals-a-hundred-year-history-lewis-david-h-2002-2012-mcfarland-compa#p263

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